Zogarth / Chapter 1289 - Meeting & Many Machinations

Vesperia said she would check in with Jake first. Wonder how that goes. Tyftc

Chloe

2026-03-08 03:40:54 +0000 UTC

🤣🤣🤣

JW Saxby

2026-01-31 19:14:57 +0000 UTC

😂😂👍🏼 Of course Jake’s down to hunt 👍🏼😂😂 Tyftc 🍻

JW Saxby

2026-01-31 19:14:44 +0000 UTC

Jake: You had me at “powerful beings”

TimeDrawsNigh

2026-01-26 17:54:34 +0000 UTC

tftc!

GeneticSloth

2026-01-26 15:46:16 +0000 UTC

Tftc

Jared Bell

2026-01-25 14:36:12 +0000 UTC

Tyftc

Trumangolorian

2026-01-24 18:43:21 +0000 UTC

Thanks for the chapter.

Joshua Little

2026-01-24 12:30:08 +0000 UTC

Great chapter :)

Colin

2026-01-23 16:51:32 +0000 UTC

The party is Miranda holstred William the dragon and Lillian. Jake doesn't need a party because this part is for candidates not those that qualified fully. After this the people involved might become qualified for the chief administrator trial. Jake's bit will be the chief asministrator trial which is in 110 in story days so Jake's off to beat the Venusian mond fungus to death or whatevers there 😁

Xander

2026-01-23 12:02:22 +0000 UTC

pretty exciting stuff here, really looking forward to a Haven focused party, and i’m hoping one day William is less distrusted, he’s a personal favorite, but i suppose it makes sense

Kevin Watson

2026-01-23 07:38:36 +0000 UTC

So the party is Jake, Miranda, William, the dragon, and ???? Sultan? Is that right or are they on the hunt for a fifth since Arnold declined. Or is it Kindroth? I'm confused about a lot of this to be honest. Everyone is spreading out to different galaxies to try and represent other factions but also win it for Jake, who's gonna get the seat regardless of who wins.

Avery

2026-01-23 07:25:18 +0000 UTC

SHEESH even better than seeing Jakes old party reunite. We get Miranda as a party member along very odd choices. This is a super unexpected twist to be honest as this time Jake isn't 100% trusting of his allies compared to nevermore and lacks understanding of their skills yet still accepts. Its is bound to be a cool arc, even better if it finally expands on the Dao sect.

DefinitelyNotMinaga

2026-01-23 05:15:14 +0000 UTC

I’m actually excited for Jake to not have an OP team. That means he’ll have to work harder. It will also be a chance for him to fight against the Sword Saint again!!!

ABTelford

2026-01-23 04:36:16 +0000 UTC

Fixed

Zogarth

2026-01-23 04:25:57 +0000 UTC

I don’t know. If Jakes not happy, I’m not going to argue with his instincts. William? Hopefully he still wants to be helpful to Jakes party. The Frost Wyvern becoming Earths first True Dagon will be a Seriously OP dragon just because he came from Earth. As a friendly actor towards Jake? Jake did get it recognized and promoted by his patron. I’m not too clear about who is in Jakes team. If Miranda is also a contender, are William and Holstred? What does that mean for Jake?

Josh Kubo

2026-01-23 03:57:25 +0000 UTC

You know.. that "Jake's a slave" guy's been awfully quiet in the comments. Your post woulda been like bait for him

Josie

2026-01-23 03:54:29 +0000 UTC

This next task will require careful teamwork and coordination, which is exactly why I'm doing it myself.

UNKNOWN

2026-01-23 02:06:06 +0000 UTC

Completely forgot about that one 🤣

ZanSanCho

2026-01-23 01:12:39 +0000 UTC

Tftc Zog!

ZanSanCho

2026-01-23 01:05:14 +0000 UTC

maybe if the god is technically looking at the other person jake doesn't notice? good way to boost the word count by constantly mentioning jake feeling eyes on him. we'll know zog has gone full malefic if he starts using that to make better cliff hangers.

brjenness

2026-01-23 00:09:31 +0000 UTC

It's weird to me that Jake never feels any other gods look at him when he's around other people with blessings, even if it's just a cursory glance Or like the frost wyvern got an upgraded blessing after meeting Jake bc that god wanted proximity to Jake. But he never turns on his own live stream when Jake's supposed to be nearby?

Josie

2026-01-22 23:56:45 +0000 UTC

It would be hilarious if Chief Admin focused strongly on political aptitude and management skills. Jake would be a gonner 😂

Josie

2026-01-22 23:50:55 +0000 UTC

Doesn't the universe still have a hard cap on who can enter it? There was a level restriction in place that was slowly rising,I don't think there could be anything that isn't native that would be a threat to Jake.

Kaladin

2026-01-22 23:17:10 +0000 UTC

it will be funny if the primordials agree to some complex plan and the earthlings are like, " that's cute, but here is how we're doing it."

brjenness

2026-01-22 23:12:04 +0000 UTC

Love the William and wyvern, excited to see mars and Venus as well. The future is bright!

Tristan Lewis

2026-01-22 23:02:38 +0000 UTC

it would make smile if sylphie beats both jake and wintermaul.

brjenness

2026-01-22 22:50:50 +0000 UTC

I wouldn’t be overly surprised if the trial is similar to the path not taken style of the original trial. But perhaps they have control of these alternate selves. The most dangerous for Jake would be something like that as a group survival trial.

Luke Scheffe

2026-01-22 22:41:16 +0000 UTC

I would love to see the wonder focus on helping people find their paths. Jake is both amazingly accomplished in that regard (wyvern, William, and his creations) and also a horrible candidate to run it. I think Jacob will find a purpose there. miranda could turn it into a dark and misty a swamp that the escape from is finding your true path. how the trial is going to go? no idea. combination of the trial dungeon in nevermore that jake did while recovering and the original prima event where we met sim-jake. could just be a job interview with the bound god in the wonder.

brjenness

2026-01-22 22:20:13 +0000 UTC

i'm hoping the golden groot has been gathering up beast planets under his rule with assistance from the united tribes.

brjenness

2026-01-22 22:12:37 +0000 UTC

My immediate suspicions are that the powerful beings might be associated with the group that tried to kidnap Jake - and their trying to lure him over.

John Durrett

2026-01-22 22:08:53 +0000 UTC

Hmm.. if a Prima Guardian won its planetary pylon within the Milky Way and now a powerful monster that Earth doesn't know about is an Administrator Candidate.. couldn't some of the big organizations sign soul contracts and give the monster a hefty team to win an Administrator spot? And maybe this could be done multiple times? Then there would be multiple monsters who win admin spots that can gang up to fight Jake for Chief Admin with the contracts making the winning monster a Chief Admin puppet for the organization? Since it seems only the enlightened planets of the Milky Way have agreed not to compete with Jake.. Maybe his undisputed Chief Admin spot won't be so undisputed after all 🤔. Earth just hasn't gotten the memo yet

Josie

2026-01-22 22:08:50 +0000 UTC

Yep. Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. ;)

John Durrett

2026-01-22 22:07:49 +0000 UTC

Tftc

Shadowind

2026-01-22 22:00:26 +0000 UTC

If he doesn't really begin pioneering a unique and specialized path then I doubt he'll make it to A grade, so far I feel like he's been coasting on the records he got from getting his teeth kicked in by Jake and being affiliated with Eversmile. But who knows, maybe he has been doing things behind the scenes and he'll surprise us.

Asher Mack

2026-01-22 21:34:10 +0000 UTC

backstory of how and why the wyrmgod took control of nevermore in the near future?

brjenness

2026-01-22 21:21:24 +0000 UTC

What the hell dude! Your can't just post spoilers like that. 😁

Kristoffer

2026-01-22 21:09:00 +0000 UTC

the violent, selfish, immature, emotionless killer struggling to learn how to function in society takes the wyvern under his wing and shows him how he adapts. William usurps eversmile after jake kills him seems to straight forward for zog , but meh...be?

brjenness

2026-01-22 21:08:06 +0000 UTC

William and the wyvern.. the two allowed to live. could be fun. assuming William has gained insight into human emotions, he could improve the wyvern's integration into society. wouldn't mind seeing William as a Clint Eastwood character trying to control his violent nature. what was that 90's Eastwood movie .. unforgiven or something like that.

brjenness

2026-01-22 20:45:52 +0000 UTC

IT'S TIME FOR THEORY; we'll begin the Exalted Prima arc, version "B". In preparation, I hope Jake has a bit more contact with beings focused on concepts so he can start using that damn meditation he almost forgot he has.... For the event, I incredibly hope for an event where you have to improve and create an object or animal to a certain level in a kind of scavenger hunt format, with upgrades or something like that... but if it's just a Tower Defense style competition, that would be cool too..... In the post-event, I hope for at least a new dragon companion and, as an additional bonus, finally a "good" skill with the bow..... let's see if I get anything right... leave your suggestions, friends!

Bruno Daxo

2026-01-22 20:33:57 +0000 UTC

William is just sad , From an epic psychopath metal mage in the tutorial just to get smacked hard and die just to get fucked all the way until he denounce Eversmile, I really really wish he get his shit together in B grade because now he's just the karma mage nobody trusts with no real path , like is he trying to be a friend with jake and just be a good guy? I liked him more when he thirst for power with his Metal Savant psychopathic persona.. I really think he can be a great Antagonist with a Revenge arc against jake and Eversmile

Saleh Alhasan

2026-01-22 20:29:10 +0000 UTC

I'm guessing Jake is considered the one "bringing allies"; he is simply delegating who to bring along to Miranda, so they would just need to be lower level than Jake.

ET

2026-01-22 20:15:10 +0000 UTC

would be pretty cool if Carmen and or a few others become chosen like Jake and the Old Man

phil

2026-01-22 19:53:54 +0000 UTC

Question: how is Miranda able to bring B-grades with her as trusted allies while being C-grade? The event notification said that the allies cannot surpass the Candidate in levels.

Endern

2026-01-22 19:37:48 +0000 UTC

Not just that Jake juice dragon?

taylor ritchie

2026-01-22 19:32:01 +0000 UTC

A planet a day keeps the mushrooms away

Samuel Jones

2026-01-22 19:30:58 +0000 UTC

Thank you for the chapter

joel southard

2026-01-22 19:21:14 +0000 UTC

Damn. An interesting team coming together. I’m pumped. I thought we’d get a repeat of nevermore, but instead we get: Miranda - Jake never worked closely with her fighting and powers wise. William - pretty cool to see what happens with him. Does he like Jake for helping him? Does he hate him for killing him? He seems to have joined Jake’s faction a long time ago already, so it’s just interesting. Northpeek wyvern - yes, an ice dragon! Will maybe become the first dragon of earth.

Dor Hanner

2026-01-22 19:14:19 +0000 UTC

Ooh primeval aurora dragon coming soon

GloinJr

2026-01-22 18:49:28 +0000 UTC

I wonder if the ice wyvern will be the next origin creation. I feel like there has to be a reason the wyvern is still C grade and I think Zogarth hinted at using the celestial heart for a purpose like this

Koby

2026-01-22 18:18:52 +0000 UTC

Nope, can’t see it. Arnold doesn’t care about anything but machines and learning and Oras couldn’t care less about earth, only Jake and his minion Arnold.

ABTelford

2026-01-22 18:15:52 +0000 UTC

Arnold will take over the milky way while everybody is away. muhahaha!!! or more likely, the all seeing ball of eyes knows something is going to happen and has tasked Arnold with protecting earth.

brjenness

2026-01-22 18:05:35 +0000 UTC

yep. happy!

brjenness

2026-01-22 18:03:57 +0000 UTC

Currently I see two options how this will go: 1. Jake has utmost superiority in the selection. 2. Jake has no chance of getting selected, so he gains a new top prioity item on his To-Hunt list to inherit their position. But knowing Zogarth I might be pleasantly surprised. P.S. In case of the second option I would love to see Miranda coming back from the first event looking at Jake and saying something like "Yeah, if the next one is like this was, you are F*ed"

Endern

2026-01-22 17:47:31 +0000 UTC

Honestly I think I’d be disappointed if he didn’t become a Void God

DeAndrea H

2026-01-22 17:41:36 +0000 UTC

Venusians?! Fuck yeh

Yeslek Nnamhctits

2026-01-22 17:10:36 +0000 UTC

We met our first Prima in book 4 and momentum has been building ever since, but you think no plan has been made for the culmination of this entire Prima adventure? Really now?

Josie

2026-01-22 16:59:43 +0000 UTC

Thanks Zogarth this chapter is gripping

Rewdan

2026-01-22 16:48:28 +0000 UTC

NEW TEAMATES ON VENUS BABY

Lawrence Nguyen

2026-01-22 16:39:30 +0000 UTC

is arnold is/ gonna become the chosen of the void god? Also, I would love to see if Arnold one day can hack into mechinal live form, take over their body, or even the mechanical primordial. If possible, it would be cool with his smarts and void knowelge it be cool.

Giancarlos

2026-01-22 16:38:00 +0000 UTC

nah, he now gets to put a little more focus on the side characters for a while. they have to be more fun to write about.

brjenness

2026-01-22 16:30:00 +0000 UTC

TYFTC!

Leigh Micheletti

2026-01-22 16:28:19 +0000 UTC

Funny, being third and all that😅

Ray Light

2026-01-22 16:16:18 +0000 UTC

You know, I can see Arnold becoming the first new Void God. Eventually.

RedFaux

2026-01-22 16:15:08 +0000 UTC

It seems like Zog really didn't have much of a plan for this event. He just completely made the first half of the event unimportant. Jake is the winner by default, the second stage probably be a couple chapters and we will move on. It seemed like it was going to be this huge thing when it was first mentioned. Now it has become less meaningful that Jake's fight with the True Dragon. This seems to be something more important to those in the lower levels of power, at least in the first stage. Only time will tell, but I am expecting some more "bite of life" chapters. I am excited about Jake taking on the rocky worlds of the Solar System.

Lemonsqueezy

2026-01-22 16:14:09 +0000 UTC

miranda wins the chairman of the wonder position because the god there doesn't want to deal with jake. on Venus jake finds a toxic and corrosive elemental that ends up joining the order.

brjenness

2026-01-22 16:10:14 +0000 UTC

To me it seems like Zog didn't have much of a plan for this event and kind of just bypassed having to tell a lot of story about it. It seems so important when it was first brought up, but now it seems like it is something that really isn

Lemonsqueezy

2026-01-22 16:09:56 +0000 UTC

It looks like the actual galaxies are all that matters. The Boots Void is a large region of absolutely nothing. As for the Great Attractor, who knows. We do not even know what it is, this is because the direction of the attractor is blocked from us by the Milky Way itself. it will be another 100+ million years before we are on the other side of the Milky Way and are able to view it. In that sense, Zog could really say anything he wants about it if anything at all. In the end, this story doesn't really bring real world astronomy in. If it did everything would be really messed up. Everything expanded in size 100 fold I think. This would make our gas giants into stars and the rocky worlds into gas giants.

Lemonsqueezy

2026-01-22 16:08:15 +0000 UTC

I like the way this went! New teammates! Battling old ones! Yeah!

Keldra

2026-01-22 16:05:13 +0000 UTC

We won't see that for sometime I am guessing. It stated that no one outside the Milky Way could compete for the Milky Way seat. Jake is the guaranteed leader. I am expecting that she will come in to play for the next stage of this event. So 110 days before it becomes relevant. Fighting seems to also not be something relevant to this event, at least not the first part of it.

Lemonsqueezy

2026-01-22 16:03:37 +0000 UTC

Arnold, in general, is rarely interested in the rest of the universe. He focuses mainly on his own ambitions. If it isn't something that would benefit him he tends to stay out of it. Becoming the Chief Administrator would just take his time away from his experiments.

Lemonsqueezy

2026-01-22 16:01:18 +0000 UTC

Tyftc!

Staudi

2026-01-22 15:54:52 +0000 UTC

Anyone else think we getting a side quest of about 20 chapters of Miranda and the group doing the first part of the event?

charlesgers s

2026-01-22 15:51:07 +0000 UTC

dragon princess has an image of jake as a smooth talking manipulator who made her look foolish.i

brjenness

2026-01-22 15:45:24 +0000 UTC

(He)I reckoned most had, but Jake currently had no way of knowing. (It’s supposed to be in third person.)

Alexander C Hyde

2026-01-22 15:42:47 +0000 UTC

We have a hundred days before Jake's portion of the event, I'm sure Villy will tell him when it's time for their strategy session.

djthomp

2026-01-22 15:42:42 +0000 UTC

bet the creature on Venus provides crafting materials.

brjenness

2026-01-22 15:32:43 +0000 UTC

"Rip and tear, until it is done"- villy probably

Hornbach

2026-01-22 15:32:04 +0000 UTC

Any interesting theories on why Arnold's not participating in this Event? Even if he doesn't want an official position, joining the Event is great for Records. I wonder what Oras may have seen? 🤔

Josie

2026-01-22 15:29:03 +0000 UTC

Not yet. Thats an A grade jump. Jake doesn't know him well enough to be willing to do that yet.

Peter Smith

2026-01-22 15:24:50 +0000 UTC

My prediction is that one of the dao people is gonna have some third eye ability that gives them the same sphere Jake has but for souls. Similar to how the forest king sees

Bookreader97

2026-01-22 15:24:38 +0000 UTC

I kinda feel like Jake is gonna get jumped by some ridiculous team of elites. Specifically the new dragon girl and the dao people.

Bookreader97

2026-01-22 15:23:31 +0000 UTC

>>Arnold: I didn't even say anything about powerful beasts yet? >>Jake is already gone.

UNKNOWN

2026-01-22 15:15:35 +0000 UTC

When was the last time Jake did the puzzle box?

UNKNOWN

2026-01-22 15:10:22 +0000 UTC

Don’t tease Zog like that or hell sulk and give us the ultimate cliff or something like that

Phil Ritter

2026-01-22 15:01:09 +0000 UTC

We got a William AND a wyvern update at the same time?? 💚 Two mushrooms one bite!! 💚

Josie

2026-01-22 14:58:16 +0000 UTC

since we are in the space stage with B grade i wonder what zograth will do with bootes void and the great attractor? are those places civilizations? or are they related to the system?

Dhia

2026-01-22 14:57:24 +0000 UTC

Eeeeee work

Antek Dudzik

2026-01-22 14:55:13 +0000 UTC

Felix?

Antek Dudzik

2026-01-22 14:53:21 +0000 UTC

The one from the mountain that he encountered twice before. Once while traveling to Skyggen for the first time, and a second time when it was being hunted by a party from the Miyamoto clan, and Jake put the fear of Villy into him.

Christopher Jones

2026-01-22 14:50:33 +0000 UTC

eternal smile

Antek Dudzik

2026-01-22 14:50:16 +0000 UTC

wasted potential for the dragon of eternal (primal) winter (frost)

Antek Dudzik

2026-01-22 14:48:28 +0000 UTC

I hope Miranda reminds Jake he can't just shoot a hole through the center of Mars

Raymond Whitehead

2026-01-22 14:45:15 +0000 UTC

Tyftc I’m intrigued by what the chief admin selection process will be like. As well as the admin selection process. And what allies of successful candidates to admins will get out of it. All good things to look forward to in due time. For now VENUS here we come!

Jeroen Turkstra

2026-01-22 14:44:25 +0000 UTC

Thanks for the chapter!

Arieh Sochaczevski

2026-01-22 14:41:51 +0000 UTC

Take Jake juice, dragon heart with extra records, and a peak C grade Wyvrin and what do you get? Also, Jake should give William a heretic chosen grimwar.

KenTX325

2026-01-22 14:36:33 +0000 UTC

Jake telling the Wyvern “you better be a dragon next time we meet” probably has the poor lizard panicking “what if I don’t? Will he kill me? I’m gonna die!!” 😄. I totally can see it! Edit: “ I reckoned most had, but Jake currently had no way of knowing.“ change the “I” to “He”.

ABTelford

2026-01-22 14:35:32 +0000 UTC

Anyone remember who this Wyvern is?

Ra

2026-01-22 14:34:36 +0000 UTC

Yeses let's go full saitama for a second here PLEASEEEE

Kristopher Hanson

2026-01-22 14:33:34 +0000 UTC

I don't think lose is the right word. I'm pretty sure Earth is gonna come out on top, but I think the Sword Saint is going to win it all, mainly because the SS is just a G. Jake will come in "second" but he's gonna rid of more asshats from the holy church. And he's gonna fight the eastbound monks chosen and beat her.

TKOva

2026-01-22 14:29:24 +0000 UTC

Oh what a beautiful chapter. I still have a hunch that Jake isn’t going to win the event. But holy shit KINDROTH MY BELOVED!! TYFTC, had to update my discord status like 10 times while reading this one 🗣️

tigerfishie

2026-01-22 14:26:05 +0000 UTC

I guess the endless empire never approached Villy like they said the would to vespy. I recall a chap where they said they were going to throw their support behind Jake.

Hayden Leech

2026-01-22 14:25:30 +0000 UTC

damn I was really hoping it would be Felix joining instead of the wyvern, I mean since they said it might not be about combat power thought maybe they'd drag him along to annoy Jake

phil

2026-01-22 14:17:58 +0000 UTC

Jakes going to lose the system event isn’t he.

Marter

2026-01-22 14:05:48 +0000 UTC

Lol. “Paying Venus a little visit” sounds like a euphemism. Fun chapter. It definitely didn’t go like we were thinking. Miranda’s team should be interesting. I hope we get POV chapters from their round of the competition. It was nice to get updates on Holstred, Lillian, and William. I’m definitely pleased they brought back the Wyvern.

DeAndrea H

2026-01-22 14:05:18 +0000 UTC

I know Sylphie! Once again you are deprived the opportunity of reclaiming your due throne on top of Jake's head due to plot!

David

2026-01-22 14:05:13 +0000 UTC

Thank u for the story

C0bra$

2026-01-22 14:03:29 +0000 UTC

Origin the wyvern, you the heart you got please

Chase

2026-01-22 13:59:25 +0000 UTC

Miranda needs to obviously be the chief administrator. She’s the best administrator. And her wins feed Jake

D

2026-01-22 13:55:47 +0000 UTC

Tftc time to conquer more planets

IntenseSushi

2026-01-22 13:49:28 +0000 UTC

It’s just a lot easier to teleport from inhabited plant to i habited plan with teleportation than to travel open space before B grade

Grant Griffin

2026-01-22 13:41:34 +0000 UTC

I don't know about that, Jacobs machinations I think will either interfer with that or make it was never a thing. At less my guess, i would actually like you to be right

Timothy Spradlin

2026-01-22 13:28:14 +0000 UTC

Assuming Jake doesn’t accidentally blow it up

Lynderyn

2026-01-22 13:26:57 +0000 UTC

Zog, nice! Venus forever!!!!

Daniel

2026-01-22 13:16:27 +0000 UTC

Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!

JJB4345_80_815

2026-01-22 13:15:36 +0000 UTC

kinda weird we already conquered the whole milky way galaxy but still didn’t explore the solar system

Dhia

2026-01-22 13:15:28 +0000 UTC

For now*

NovaZero

2026-01-22 13:14:38 +0000 UTC

Jake gets/needs no team. He is already a full administrator and doesn't need to participate in this event to upgrade his status (administrator candidate to administrator). After the candidates' event each galaxy's administrators will take part in another event to decide who is the Chief Administrator for the galaxy. Current Milky Way administrators are Jake, Kindroth, and a yet to be revealed individual called "Servant of the Holy Church". El Hakan and King Iludar were administrators but they died.

Fyrtue

2026-01-22 13:10:12 +0000 UTC

That wyvern will be a true dragon and be one of Jake's 4 I bet, and I'd imagine Miranda will renounce if she wins Chief Administrator slot and be one of Jake's 4 as well since they think it won't necessarily be combat focused

Raymond Lenihan

2026-01-22 13:06:16 +0000 UTC

Tyftc

ShadeDweller9578

2026-01-22 13:00:12 +0000 UTC

Gonna get that poison natural treasure too so that should be fun. For the chief administrator selection I'm willing to bet that the "Servant of the Holy Church" who was third after the prima guardian event makes a comeback to vie for Jake's spot.

Fyrtue

2026-01-22 12:59:50 +0000 UTC

Tyftc

Episode 19

2026-01-22 12:56:47 +0000 UTC

Where did we see him before. I had forgotten about him.

Harkin

2026-01-22 12:55:03 +0000 UTC

Wow. Haven’t seen William mentioned in a long time. Would be nice to see how his community and Kim and her child are doing.

Cory S.

2026-01-22 12:54:27 +0000 UTC

so both Miranda and Jake get teams or how does this work?

Kris Piskorski

2026-01-22 12:52:34 +0000 UTC

>>Jake: offers to help with some task >>Arnold: I have some things to hunt >>Jake: you had me at "powerful beasts"

The Uub

2026-01-22 12:48:46 +0000 UTC

Wooooo, more Milky Way exploration! Wonder what kind of being is ruling over Venus right now

Dan

2026-01-22 12:47:52 +0000 UTC

tyftc

Aritra Gupta

2026-01-22 12:44:56 +0000 UTC

TFTC :) Was gonna add a question in here about the mix of b grades and c grades for mirandas group but you have addressed that already. Suggested edits: " in case something goes amiss. " should be "awry" it means the same but it the more usual word. From the reworded section: "and I hope this meeting is what pushed me over the edge." should be "pushes" since it hasnt happened yet from her phrasing.

Xander

2026-01-22 12:44:32 +0000 UTC

Nice to see the Northpeak Wyvern again. On account of the break in December I ended up listening to a number of the later audiobooks including the part where he turned over his new leaf, and I've been wondering what he was doing these days. Turns out working with Miranda, which probably shouldn't be a surprise. Arnold working on Jake's gear and sending him to Venus instead of even participating in the event at all. It really goes to show that the world council types who were worried about him being the threat to Earth are being a bit silly, he knows where his bread is buttered.

djthomp

2026-01-22 12:43:39 +0000 UTC

> I reckoned most had, but Jake currently had no way of knowing.

BenjiVoid

2026-01-22 12:43:00 +0000 UTC

Gears are turning, machinations are afoot

Benjamin Davis-Lorton

2026-01-22 12:42:33 +0000 UTC

Thanks for the chapter and wishing all a pleasant Thursday. Here’s hoping tomorrow’s probable cliff isn’t too rough.

Loststar7

2026-01-22 12:41:49 +0000 UTC

Could be a vote at some point. Different ranks get different amount of votes like world congress. No idea what the competition will be. Puzzle boxes? Is villy rallying support for Jake? Does he even need it?

brjenness

2026-01-22 12:41:47 +0000 UTC

The testing begins in 10 days, event in 100 days.

Alexandre8901

2026-01-22 12:39:52 +0000 UTC

"simply wished to inform you that I should have the equipment ready within the next hundred days." Isn't the system event in less then 10 days.

Fdrugc

2026-01-22 12:35:41 +0000 UTC

Oooh! I like it! Thanks for the chapter!

Kt-x

2026-01-22 12:34:39 +0000 UTC

Tytc!

michael geen

2026-01-22 12:34:04 +0000 UTC

Wonder who jake will bring along...

Slothy

2026-01-22 12:33:09 +0000 UTC

Finally, with this Venus trip, we'll get to see him fighting at B grade for the first time! And he said he felt something extreme toxic there when he was flying to Arnold's moon base

Childish Jordino

2026-01-22 12:32:58 +0000 UTC

I'm waiting fervently for the future, "get your ass to Mars" references.

Brandon Yarberry

2026-01-22 12:29:02 +0000 UTC

Tftc

Meir Banon

2026-01-22 12:27:56 +0000 UTC

Tftc👍

Malo Thomas

2026-01-22 12:27:47 +0000 UTC

Seems this event won't just be a slaughter fest to determine who gets the big seat, but something more complicated. Well, with Miranda there Jake won't have to do any of the talking and diplomacy stuff, because if he did it that would really crater his chances.

Unwillingmainer

2026-01-22 12:25:28 +0000 UTC

tftc

Alexandre8901

2026-01-22 12:24:44 +0000 UTC

Thanks for the scheduled chapter ;)

Overlord1993

2026-01-22 12:22:18 +0000 UTC

Ree!

Sylphie

2026-01-22 12:19:53 +0000 UTC

Tftc

Misa

2026-01-22 12:19:05 +0000 UTC

Tftc

Beemoss

2026-01-22 12:18:48 +0000 UTC

Thank you for the chapter!!!!!! First strike Arrow!!!! 》》》============>

Blutako

2026-01-22 12:17:56 +0000 UTC

TFTC! Time to Conquer another planet, seems right before an event...

Shai182

2026-01-22 12:17:16 +0000 UTC

nice

Nate R

2026-01-22 12:17:01 +0000 UTC

Chapter 1289 - Meeting & Many Machinations

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Vesperia said she would check in with Jake first. Wonder how that goes. Tyftc

🤣🤣🤣

😂😂👍🏼 Of course Jake’s down to hunt 👍🏼😂😂 Tyftc 🍻

Jake: You had me at “powerful beings”

tftc!

Tftc

Tyftc

Thanks for the chapter.

Great chapter :)

pretty exciting stuff here, really looking forward to a Haven focused party, and i’m hoping one day William is less distrusted, he’s a personal favorite, but i suppose it makes sense

I’m actually excited for Jake to not have an OP team. That means he’ll have to work harder. It will also be a chance for him to fight against the Sword Saint again!!!

Fixed

You know.. that "Jake's a slave" guy's been awfully quiet in the comments. Your post woulda been like bait for him

This next task will require careful teamwork and coordination, which is exactly why I'm doing it myself.

Completely forgot about that one 🤣

Tftc Zog!

maybe if the god is technically looking at the other person jake doesn't notice? good way to boost the word count by constantly mentioning jake feeling eyes on him. we'll know zog has gone full malefic if he starts using that to make better cliff hangers.

It would be hilarious if Chief Admin focused strongly on political aptitude and management skills. Jake would be a gonner 😂

Doesn't the universe still have a hard cap on who can enter it? There was a level restriction in place that was slowly rising,I don't think there could be anything that isn't native that would be a threat to Jake.

it will be funny if the primordials agree to some complex plan and the earthlings are like, " that's cute, but here is how we're doing it."

Love the William and wyvern, excited to see mars and Venus as well. The future is bright!

it would make smile if sylphie beats both jake and wintermaul.

I wouldn’t be overly surprised if the trial is similar to the path not taken style of the original trial. But perhaps they have control of these alternate selves. The most dangerous for Jake would be something like that as a group survival trial.

i'm hoping the golden groot has been gathering up beast planets under his rule with assistance from the united tribes.

My immediate suspicions are that the powerful beings might be associated with the group that tried to kidnap Jake - and their trying to lure him over.

Yep. Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. ;)

Tftc

backstory of how and why the wyrmgod took control of nevermore in the near future?

What the hell dude! Your can't just post spoilers like that. 😁

the violent, selfish, immature, emotionless killer struggling to learn how to function in society takes the wyvern under his wing and shows him how he adapts. William usurps eversmile after jake kills him seems to straight forward for zog , but meh...be?

I'm guessing Jake is considered the one "bringing allies"; he is simply delegating who to bring along to Miranda, so they would just need to be lower level than Jake.

would be pretty cool if Carmen and or a few others become chosen like Jake and the Old Man

Question: how is Miranda able to bring B-grades with her as trusted allies while being C-grade? The event notification said that the allies cannot surpass the Candidate in levels.

Not just that Jake juice dragon?

A planet a day keeps the mushrooms away

Thank you for the chapter

Ooh primeval aurora dragon coming soon

I wonder if the ice wyvern will be the next origin creation. I feel like there has to be a reason the wyvern is still C grade and I think Zogarth hinted at using the celestial heart for a purpose like this

Nope, can’t see it. Arnold doesn’t care about anything but machines and learning and Oras couldn’t care less about earth, only Jake and his minion Arnold.

Arnold will take over the milky way while everybody is away. muhahaha!!! or more likely, the all seeing ball of eyes knows something is going to happen and has tasked Arnold with protecting earth.

yep. happy!

Honestly I think I’d be disappointed if he didn’t become a Void God

Venusians?! Fuck yeh

We met our first Prima in book 4 and momentum has been building ever since, but you think no plan has been made for the culmination of this entire Prima adventure? Really now?

Thanks Zogarth this chapter is gripping

NEW TEAMATES ON VENUS BABY

is arnold is/ gonna become the chosen of the void god? Also, I would love to see if Arnold one day can hack into mechinal live form, take over their body, or even the mechanical primordial. If possible, it would be cool with his smarts and void knowelge it be cool.

nah, he now gets to put a little more focus on the side characters for a while. they have to be more fun to write about.

TYFTC!

Funny, being third and all that😅

You know, I can see Arnold becoming the first new Void God. Eventually.

miranda wins the chairman of the wonder position because the god there doesn't want to deal with jake. on Venus jake finds a toxic and corrosive elemental that ends up joining the order.

To me it seems like Zog didn't have much of a plan for this event and kind of just bypassed having to tell a lot of story about it. It seems so important when it was first brought up, but now it seems like it is something that really isn

I like the way this went! New teammates! Battling old ones! Yeah!

Arnold, in general, is rarely interested in the rest of the universe. He focuses mainly on his own ambitions. If it isn't something that would benefit him he tends to stay out of it. Becoming the Chief Administrator would just take his time away from his experiments.

Tyftc!

Anyone else think we getting a side quest of about 20 chapters of Miranda and the group doing the first part of the event?

dragon princess has an image of jake as a smooth talking manipulator who made her look foolish.i

(He)I reckoned most had, but Jake currently had no way of knowing. (It’s supposed to be in third person.)

We have a hundred days before Jake's portion of the event, I'm sure Villy will tell him when it's time for their strategy session.

bet the creature on Venus provides crafting materials.

"Rip and tear, until it is done"- villy probably

Any interesting theories on why Arnold's not participating in this Event? Even if he doesn't want an official position, joining the Event is great for Records. I wonder what Oras may have seen? 🤔

Not yet. Thats an A grade jump. Jake doesn't know him well enough to be willing to do that yet.

My prediction is that one of the dao people is gonna have some third eye ability that gives them the same sphere Jake has but for souls. Similar to how the forest king sees

I kinda feel like Jake is gonna get jumped by some ridiculous team of elites. Specifically the new dragon girl and the dao people.

>>Arnold: I didn't even say anything about powerful beasts yet? >>Jake is already gone.

When was the last time Jake did the puzzle box?

Don’t tease Zog like that or hell sulk and give us the ultimate cliff or something like that

We got a William AND a wyvern update at the same time?? 💚 Two mushrooms one bite!! 💚

since we are in the space stage with B grade i wonder what zograth will do with bootes void and the great attractor? are those places civilizations? or are they related to the system?

Eeeeee work

Felix?

The one from the mountain that he encountered twice before. Once while traveling to Skyggen for the first time, and a second time when it was being hunted by a party from the Miyamoto clan, and Jake put the fear of Villy into him.

eternal smile

wasted potential for the dragon of eternal (primal) winter (frost)

I hope Miranda reminds Jake he can't just shoot a hole through the center of Mars

Tyftc I’m intrigued by what the chief admin selection process will be like. As well as the admin selection process. And what allies of successful candidates to admins will get out of it. All good things to look forward to in due time. For now VENUS here we come!

> I reckoned most had, but Jake currently had no way of knowing.